perm
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But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
A male friend recently asked Caruso Sichenzia whether he should get a perm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
"My fringe keeps receding and won't stay up, so I can't get a perm or use wax properly," says Lee Won-woo, 33, who lives in North Chungcheong province.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
By the eighth inning, a customer had canceled her perm appointment with Kanno, allowing him to watch the game slip away from the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
I get a big whiff of sour perm and heavy perfume smell.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Gone were the fluffy perms that are the definers of K-pop stardom - here instead were "eggheads", anonymised buzzcuts of soldiers on the frontline.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
Henson started getting perms when she was 6 years old, but as she grew up, she became more conscious about keeping her hair healthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Only chemical treatments like perms or straightening can change these bonds.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
Today was supposed to be special, because TJ had learned how to do perms at school, and he was going to give me one as a birthday present.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
Writer-director Brit McAdams’ debut feature takes the readily spoofable Bob Ross-ian allure of a honey-voiced, majestically permed instructor seducing viewers with his therapeutic landscapes, and gives it a gentle nudge into “Anchorman” territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
One way he did this was to save money on haircuts by getting his locks permed.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
Asawa’s mother got her hair permed for the first time and socialized with the other women at the camp, activities her hardscrabble farm life never allowed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
The new hairdo comes after speculation swirled in late December that the singer permed his hair.
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2019
And somehow, even though I’ve cut bangs and permed my hair over the years, I haven’t been able to chop it off.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Then, at a salon, an aesthetician cleans them with a degreasing solution, and a perming gel is applied to break down the existing bonds in the hair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
She said most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
Most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
The owner, Hatice Utku, is perming the hair of a woman who looks unusually sombre.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2014
Well, I didn’t know a thing about perming black people’s hair and my frst customer was a black woman and I mauled that woman’s hair.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
